United States Congressional Delegations from Massachusetts
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These are incomplete tables of congressional delegations from Massachusetts to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Currently, all twelve members of the delegations are Democrats.
[edit] United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
|---|---|---|
| Tristram Dalton (Pro-Admin) |
1st (1789-1791) | Caleb Strong (Pro-Admin) |
| George Cabot (Pro-Admin) |
2nd (1791-1793) | |
| 3rd (1793-1795) | ||
| 4th (1795-1797) | ||
| Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theodore Sedgwick (F) | |
| 5th (1797-1799) | ||
| 6th (1799-1801) | Samuel Dexter (F) | |
| Jonathan Mason (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | |
| 7th (1801-1803) | ||
| John Quincy Adams (F) | 8th (1803-1805) | Timothy Pickering (F) |
| 9th (1805-1807) | ||
| 10th (1807-1809) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 11th (1809-1811) | ||
| 12th (1811-1813) | Joseph B. Varnum (D-R) | |
| 13th (1813-1815) | ||
| Christopher Gore (F) | ||
| 14th (1815-1817) | ||
| Eli P. Ashmun (F) | ||
| 15th (1817-1819) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | |
| Prentiss Mellen (F) | ||
| 16th (1819-1821) | ||
| Elijah H. Mills (F) | ||
| 17th (1821-1823) | ||
| James Lloyd (F) | ||
| 18th (1823-1825) | ||
| 19th (1825-1827) | ||
| Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams) |
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| Daniel Webster | 20th (1827-1829) | |
| 21st (1829-1831) | ||
| 22nd (1831-1833) | ||
| 23rd (1833-1835) | ||
| 24th (1835-1837) | John Davis (W) | |
| 25th (1837-1839) | ||
| 26th (1839-1841) | ||
| Isaac C. Bates (W) | ||
| Rufus Choate (W) | 27th (1841-1843) | |
| 28th (1843-1845) | ||
| Daniel Webster (W) | 29th (1845-1847) | |
| John Davis (W) | ||
| 30th (1847-1849) | ||
| 31st (1849-1851) | ||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||
| Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | ||
| Charles Sumner (R) | 32nd (1851-1853) | |
| 33rd (1853-1855) | Edward Everett (W) | |
| Julius Rockwell (W) | ||
| Henry Wilson (R) | ||
| 34th (1855-1857) | ||
| 35th (1857-1859) | ||
| 36th (1859-1861) | ||
| 37th (1861-1863) | ||
| 38th (1863-1865) | ||
| 39th (1865-1867) | ||
| 40th (1867-1869) | ||
| 41st (1869-1871) | ||
| 42nd (1871-1873) | ||
| 43rd (1873-1875) | George S. Boutwell (R) | |
| William B. Washburn (R) | ||
| Henry L. Dawes (R) | 44th (1875-1877) | |
| 45th (1877-1879) | George F. Hoar (R) | |
| 46th (1879-1881) | ||
| 47th (1881-1883) | ||
| 48th (1883-1885) | ||
| 49th (1885-1887) | ||
| 50th (1887-1889) | ||
| 51st (1889-1891) | ||
| 52nd (1891-1893) | ||
| Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | 53rd (1893-1895) | |
| 54th (1895-1897) | ||
| 55th (1897-1899) | ||
| 56th (1899-1901) | ||
| 57th (1901-1903) | ||
| 58th (1903-1905) | ||
| Winthrop Murray Crane (R) | ||
| 59th (1905-1907) | ||
| 60th (1907-1909) | ||
| 61st (1909-1911) | ||
| 62nd (1911-1913) | ||
| 63rd (1913-1915) | John W. Weeks (R) | |
| 64th (1915-1917) | ||
| 65th (1917-1919) | ||
| 66th (1919-1921) | David I. Walsh (D) | |
| 67th (1921-1923) | ||
| 68th (1923-1925) | ||
| William M. Butler (R) | ||
| 69th (1925-1927) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | |
| David I. Walsh (D) | ||
| 70th (1927-1929) | ||
| 71st (1929-1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931-1933) | Marcus A. Coolidge (D) | |
| 73rd (1933-1935) | ||
| 74th (1935-1937) | ||
| 75th (1937-1939) | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | |
| 76th (1939-1941) | ||
| 77th (1941-1943) | ||
| 78th (1943-1945) | ||
| Sinclair Weeks (R) | ||
| 79th (1945-1947) | Leverett Saltonstall (R) | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) | 80th (1947-1949) | |
| 81st (1949-1951) | ||
| 82nd (1951-1953) | ||
| John F. Kennedy (D) | 83rd (1953-1955) | |
| 84th (1955-1957) | ||
| 85th (1957-1959) | ||
| 86th (1959-1961) | ||
| Benjamin A. Smith II (D) | ||
| 87th (1961-1963) | ||
| Edward Kennedy (D) | ||
| 88th (1963-1965) | ||
| 89th (1965-1967) | ||
| 90th (1967-1969) | Edward W. Brooke III (R) | |
| 91st (1969-1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971-1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973-1975) | ||
| 94th (1975-1977) | ||
| 95th (1977-1979) | ||
| 96th (1979-1981) | Paul Tsongas (D) | |
| 97th (1981-1983) | ||
| 98th (1983-1985) | ||
| 99th (1985-1987) | John Kerry (D) | |
| 100th (1987-1989) | ||
| 101st (1989-1991) | ||
| 102nd (1991-1993) | ||
| 103rd (1993-1995) | ||
| 104th (1995-1997) | ||
| 105th (1997-1999) | ||
| 106th (1999-2001) | ||
| 107th (2001-2003) | ||
| 108th (2003-2005) | ||
| Current: 109th (2005-2007) |
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| 110th (2007-2009) |
[edit] United States House of Representatives
[edit] 1789-1793: 8 seats
Article I of the United States Constitution allocated 8 seats to Massachusetts.
| Congress | District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 1st 1789-1791 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Elbridge Gerry (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | George Partridge (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Jonathan Grout (Anti-Admin) |
| 2nd 1791-1793 |
Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | George Leonard (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) (Maine district) | ||||
[edit] 1793-1803: 14 seats
After the 1790 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats. From 1793 to 1795, Massachusetts allocated its 14 seats into 4 districts, and selected its Representatives on a General ticket. After 1795, however, it returned to single-Representative districts.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (General ticket) |
2nd (General ticket) |
3rd (General ticket) |
Maine district | |||||||||||
| 4th (General ticket) |
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| 1a | 1b | 1c | 1d | 2a | 2b | 2c | 2d | 3a | 3b | 3c | 4a | 4b | 4c | |
| 3rd 1793-1795 |
Fisher Ames (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Dexter (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Goodhue (Pro-Admin) | Samuel Holten (Anti-Admin) | Dwight Foster (Pro-Admin) | William Lyman (Anti-Admin) | Theodore Sedgwick (Pro-Admin) | Artemas Ward (Pro-Admin) | Shearjashub Bourne (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Coffin, Jr. (Pro-Admin) | David Cobb (Pro-Admin) | Henry Dearborn (Anti-Admin) | George Thatcher (Pro-Admin) | Peleg Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Maine district | |||
| 12th | 13th | 14th | ||||||||||||
| 4th 1795-1797 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | William Lyman (D-R) | Samuel Lyman (F) | Dwight Foster (F) | Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (D-R) | John Reed, Sr. (F) | George Leonard (F) | Fisher Ames (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Benjamin Goodhue (F) | Theophilus Bradbury (F) | Henry Dearborn (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | George Thatcher (F) |
| Thomson J. Skinner (D-R) | Samuel Sewall (F) | |||||||||||||
| 5th 1797-1799 |
William Shepard (F) | Stephen Bullock (F) | Harrison Gray Otis (F) | Isaac Parker (F) | ||||||||||
| Bailey Bartlett (F) | ||||||||||||||
| 6th 1799-1801 |
Theodore Sedgwick (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Silas Lee (F) | ||||||||||
| Ebenezer Mattoon (F) | Levi Lincoln, Sr. (D-R) | Nathan Reed (F) | ||||||||||||
| 7th 1801-1803 |
John Bacon (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | Josiah Smith (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | Menasseh Cutler (F) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | ||||||||
| Samuel Thatcher (F) | ||||||||||||||
[edit] 1803-1813: 17 seats
After the 1800 Census, Massachusetts had 17 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | ||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | ||||||||||||||
| 8th 1803-1805 |
William Eustis (D-R) | Jacob Crowninshield (D-R) | Manasseh Cutler (F) | Joseph Bradley Varnum (D-R) | Thomas Dwight (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | Nathum Mitchell (F) | Lemuel Williams (F) | Phanuel Bishop (D-R) | Seth Hastings (F) | William Stedman (F) | Thomson Skinner (D-R) | Ebenezer Seaver (D-R) | Richard Cutts (D-R) | Peleg Wadsworth (F) | Samuel Thatcher (F) | Phineas Bruce (F) |
| Simon Larned (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 9th 1805-1807 |
Josiah Quincy III (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | William Ely (F) | Joseph Barker (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Barnabas Bidwell (D-R) | Orchard Cook (D-R) | John Chandler (D-R) | |||||||||
| 10th 1807-1809 |
Edward St. Loe Livermore (F) | Josiah Dean (D-R) | Jabez Upham (F) | Ezekiel Bacon (D-R) | Daniel Ilsley (D-R) | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Story (D-R) | |||||||||||||||||
| 11th 1809-1811 |
Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (F) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Gideon Gardner (D-R) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Barzillai Gannett (D-R) | |||||||||||
| William Baylies (F) | Joseph Allen (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | |||||||||||||||
| 12th 1811-1813 |
William Reed (F) | Leonard White (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | Charles Turner, Jr. (D-R) | Isaiah L. Green (D-R) | Elijah Brigham (F) | William Widgery (D-R) | Peleg Tallman (D-R) | Francis Carr (D-R) | ||||||||
[edit] 1813-1823: 20 seats, then 13 seats
After the 1810 Census, Massachusetts had 20 seats. The three new seats were all added in the Maine district. On March 15, 1820, Maine became a state and was allocated 7 of Massachusetts's seats, so Massachusetts was left with 13 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | Maine district | |||||||
| 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | ||||||||||||||
| 13th 1813-1815 |
Artemas Ward, Jr. (F) | William Reed (F) | Timothy Pickering (F) | William M. Richardson (D-R) | William Ely (F) | Samuel Taggart (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Abijah Bigelow (F) | Daniel Dewey (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Cyrus King (F) | George Bradbury (F) | Samuel Davis (F) | Abiel Wood (D-R) | John Wilson (F) | James Parker (D-R) | Levi Hubbard (D-R) |
| Samuel Dana (D-R) | John W. Hulbert (F) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th 1815-1817 |
Timothy Pickering (F) | Jeremiah Nelson (F) | Asahel Stearns (F) | Elijah H. Mills (F) | John W. Hurlbert (F) | William Baylies (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Laban Wheaton (F) | Elijah Brigham (F) | Solomon Strong (F) | Nathaniel Ruggles (F) | Benjamin Brown (F) | James Carr (F) | Thomas Rice (F) | Samuel S. Conner (D-R) | Albion K. Parris (D-R) | ||||
| Benjamin Adams (F) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th 1817-1819 |
Jonathan Mason (F) | Nathaniel Silsbee (D-R) | Timothy Fuller (D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (F) | Henry Shaw (D-R) | Zabdiel Sampson (D-R) | Walter Folger, Jr. (D-R) | Marcus Morton (D-R) | John Holmes (D-R) | Ezekiel Whitman (F) | Benjamin Orr (F) | John Wilson (F) | Joshua Gage (D-R) | |||||||
| Enoch Lincoln (D-R) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16th 1819-1821 |
Samuel Lathrop (F) | Jonas Kendall (F) | Edward Dowse (D-R) | Mark Langdon Hill (D-R) | Martin Kinsley (D-R) | James Parker (D-R) | Joshua Cushman (D-R) | |||||||||||||
| Benjamin Gorham (D-R) | Aaron Hobart (D-R) | William Eustis (D-R) | vacant | |||||||||||||||||
| Maine District split | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17th 1821-1823 |
Gideon Barstow (D-R) | Henry W. Dwight (F) | John Reed, Jr. (F) | Francis Baylies (F) | Johnathan Russell (D-R) | Lewis Bigelow (F) | ||||||||||||||
[edit] 1823-1833: 13 seats
The 1820 census kept the apportionment at 13.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
| 18th 1823-1825 |
Daniel Webster (Ad-Clay F) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Ad-Clay F) | Jeremiah Nelson (Ad-Clay F) | Timothy Fuller (Ad-Clay D-R) | Jonas Sibley (Ad-Clay D-R) | John Locke (Ad-Clay D-R) | Samuel C. Allen (Ad-Clay F) | Samuel Lathrop (Ad-Clay F) | Henry W. Dwight (Ad-Clay F) | John Bailey (Ad-Clay D-R) | Aaron Hobart (Ad-Clay D-R) | Francis Baylies (J) | John Reed, Jr. (Ad-Clay F) |
| 19th 1825-1827 |
Daniel Webster (Adams) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Adams) | John Varnum (Adams) | Edward Everett (Adams) | John Davis (Adams) | John Locke (Adams) | Samuel C. Allen (Adams) | Samuel Lathrop (Adams) | Henry W. Dwight (Adams) | John Bailey (Adams) | Aaron Hobart (Adams) | John Reed, Jr. (Adams) | |
| 20th 1827-1829 |
Isaac C. Bates (Adams) | Joseph Richardson (Adams) | James L. Hodges (Adams) | ||||||||||
| 21st 1829-1831 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Benjamin W. Crowninshield (Anti-J) | John Varnum (Anti-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | Joseph G. Kendall (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | Henry W. Dwight (Anti-J) | John Bailey (Anti-J) | Joseph Richardson (Anti-J) | James L. Hodges (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) |
| 22nd 1831-1833 |
Nathan Appleton (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Jeremiah Nelson (Anti-J) | George Briggs (Anti-J) | Henry A. S. Dearborn (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-J) | |||||||
[edit] 1833-1843: 12 seats
After the 1830 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 23rd 1833-1835 |
Benjamin Gorham (Anti-J) | Rufus Choate (Anti-J) | Gayton P. Osgood (Anti-J) | Edward Everett (Anti-J) | John Davis (Anti-J) | George Grennell, Jr. (Anti-J) | George N. Briggs (Anti-J) | Isaac C. Bates (Anti-J) | William Jackson (Anti-M) | William Baylies (Anti-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-J) | John Quincy Adams (Anti-M) |
| Stephen C. Phillips (Anti-J) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (Anti-J) | |||||||||||
| 24th 1835-1837 |
Abbott Lawrence (Anti-J) | Caleb Cushing (Anti-J) | Samuel Hoar (Anti-J) | William B. Calhoun (Anti-J) | Nathaniel B. Borden (Pro-J) | John Reed, Jr. (Anti-M) | ||||||
| 25th 1837-1839 |
Richard Fletcher (W) | Stephen C. Phillips (W) | Caleb Cushing (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Levi Lincoln, Jr. (W) | George Grennell, Jr. (W) | George N. Briggs (W) | William B. Calhoun (W) | William S. Hastings (W) | Nathaniel B. Borden (D) | John Reed, Jr. (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) |
| Leverett Saltonstall I (W) | ||||||||||||
| 26th 1839-1841 |
James Alvord (W) | Henry Williams (D) | ||||||||||
| Abbott Lawrence (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | |||||||||||
| Robert C. Winthrop (W) | ||||||||||||
| 27th 1841-1843 |
Nathaniel B. Borden (D) | Barker Burnell (W) | ||||||||||
| Nathan Appleton (W) | Charles Hudson (W) | |||||||||||
[edit] 1843-1853: 10 seats
After the 1840 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 28th 1843-1845 |
Robert C. Winthrop (W) | Daniel P. King (W) | Amos Abbott (W) | William Parmenter (D) | Charles Hudson (W) | Osmyn Baker (W) | Julius Rockwell (W) | John Quincy Adams (W) | Henry Williams (D) | Barker Burnell (W) |
| Joseph Grinnell (W) | ||||||||||
| 29th 1845-1847 |
Benjamin Thompson (W) | George Ashmun (W) | Artemas Hale (W) | |||||||
| 30th 1847-1849 |
John G. Palfrey (W) | |||||||||
| Horace Mann (W) | ||||||||||
| 31st 1849-1851 |
James H. Duncan (W) | Vacant | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Orin Fowler (W) | ||||||
| Samuel A. Eliot (W) | ||||||||||
| 32nd 1851-1853 |
William Appleton (W) | Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D) | Benjamin Thompson (W) | George T. Davis (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) | Zeno Scudder (W) | ||||
| Francis B. Fay (W) | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Edward P. Little (D) | ||||||||
[edit] 1853-1863: 11 seats
After the 1850 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 33rd 1853-1855 |
Zeno Scudder (W) | Samuel L. Crocker (W) | J. Wiley Edmands (W) | Samuel H. Walley (W) | William Appleton (W) | Charles W. Upham (W) | Nathaniel P. Banks (D) | Tappan Wentworth (W) | Charles Allen (Free Soil) | Edward Dickinson (W) | John Z. Goodrich (W) |
| Thomas D. Eliot (W) | |||||||||||
| 34th 1855-1857 |
Robert B. Hall (Amer.) | James Buffinton (Amer.) | William S. Damrell (Amer.) | Linus B. Comins (Amer.) | Anson Burlingame (Amer.) | Timothy Davis (Amer.) | Nathaniel P. Banks (Amer.) | Chauncey L. Knapp (Amer.) | Alexander DeWitt (Amer.) | Henry Morris (Amer.) | Mark Trafton (Amer.) |
| Calvin C. Chaffee (Amer.) | |||||||||||
| 35th 1857-1859 |
Robert B. Hall (R) | James Buffinton (R) | William S. Damrell (R) | Linus B. Comins (R) | Anson Burlingame (R) | Timothy Davis (R) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Chauncey L. Knapp (R) | Eli Thayer (R) | Calvin C. Chaffee (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| Daniel W. Gooch (R) | |||||||||||
| 36th 1859-1861 |
Thomas D. Eliot (R) | Charles F. Adams, Sr. (R) | Alexander H. Rice (R) | John B. Alley (R) | Charles R. Train (R) | Charles Delano (R) | |||||
| 37th 1861-1863 |
William Appleton (U) | Goldsmith Bailey (R) | |||||||||
| Benjamin Thomas (U) | Samuel Hooper (U) | Amasa Walker (R) | |||||||||
[edit] 1863-1873: 10 seats
After the 1860 Census, Massachusetts had 10 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 38th 1863-1865 |
Thomas D. Eliot (R) | Oakes Ames (R) | Alexander H. Rice (R) | Samuel Hooper (R) | John B. Alley (R) | Daniel W. Gooch (R) | George S. Boutwell (R) | John D. Baldwin (R) | William B. Washburn (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| 39th 1865-1867 |
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| Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | ||||||||||
| 40th 1867-1869 |
Ginery Twichell (R) | Benjamin F. Butler (R) | ||||||||
| 41st 1869-1871 |
James Buffinton (R) | George F. Hoar (R) | ||||||||
| George M. Brooks (R) | ||||||||||
| 42nd 1871-1873 |
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| Constantine C. Esty (R) | Alvah Crocker (R) | |||||||||
[edit] 1873-1883: 11 seats
After the 1870 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 43rd 1873-1875 |
James Buffinton (R) | Benjamin W. Harris (R) | William Whiting (R) | Samuel Hooper (R) | Daniel W. Gooch (R) | Benjamin Butler (R) | Ebenezer R. Hoar (R) | John M. S. Williams (R) | George F. Hoar (R) | Alvah Crocker (R) | Henry L. Dawes (R) |
| Henry L. Pierce (R) | Charles Stevens (R) | ||||||||||
| 44th 1875-1877 |
Josiah Abbott (D) | Nathaniel P. Banks (I) | Charles P. Thompson (D) | John K. Tarbox (D) | William W. Warren (D) | Julius H. Seelye (I) | Chester W. Chapin (D) | ||||
| William W. Crapo (R) | Rufus S. Frost (R) | ||||||||||
| 45th 1877-1879 |
Benjamin Dean (D) | Leopold Morse (D) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | George B. Loring (R) | Benjamin Butler (R) | William Claflin (R) | William W. Rice (R) | Amasa Norcross (R) | George D. Robinson (R) | ||
| Walbridge A. Field (R) | |||||||||||
| 46th 1879-1881 |
Selwyn Z. Bowman (R) | William A. Russell (R) | |||||||||
| 47th 1881-1883 |
Ambrose A. Ranney (R) | Eben F. Stone (R) | John W. Chandler (R) | ||||||||
[edit] 1883-1893: 12 seats
After the 1880 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 48th 1883-1885 |
Robert T. Davis (R) | John D. Long (R) | Ambrose Ranney (R) | Patrick A. Collins (D) | Leopold Morse (D) | Henry B. Lovering (D) | Eban F. Stone (R) | William A. Russell (R) | Theodore Lyman (Indep. R) | William W. Rice (R) | William Whiting | George D. Robinson (R) |
| 49th 1885-1887 |
Edward D. Hayden (R) | Charles H. Allen (R) | Fredrick D. Ely (R) | Francis W. Rockwell (R) | ||||||||
| 50th 1887-1889 |
Leopold Morse (D) | Henry Cabot Lodge (R) | William Cogswell (R) | Edward Burnett (D) | John E. Russell (D) | |||||||
| 51st 1889-1891 |
Charles S. Randall (R) | Elijah A. Morse (R) | John F. Andrew (D) | Joseph H. O'Neil (D) | Nathaniel P. Banks (R) | Frederic T. Greenhalge (R) | John W. Chandler (R) | Joseph H. Walker (R) | Rodney Wallace (R) | |||
| 52nd 1891-1893 |
Sherman Hoar (D) | Moses T. Stevens (D) | George F. Williams (D) | Frederick S. Coolidge (D) | John C. Crosby (D) | |||||||
[edit] 1893-1903: 13 seats
After the 1890 Census, Massachusetts had 13 districts. Starting with this redistricting, the districts' numbers ran west to east: with District 1 in the west (Berkshire County) and the highest numbered district at Cape Cod. Before then, the district numeration was not as consistent; sometimes running east to west, other times going counter-clockwise around Boston.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
| 53rd 1893-1895 |
Ashley Wright (R) | Frederick Gillett (R) | Joseph H. Walker (R) | Louis D. Apsley (R) | Moses T. Stevens (D) | William Cogswell (R) | William Everett (D) | Samuel W. McCall (R) | Joseph H. O'Neil (D) | Michael J. McEttrick (Indep-Dem.) | William F. Draper (R) | Elijah A. Morse (R) | Charles S. Randall (R) |
| 54th 1895-1897 |
William S. Knox (R) | William E. Barrett (R) | John F. Fitzgerald (D) | Harrison H. Atwood (R) | John Simpkins (R) | ||||||||
| William H. Moody (R) | |||||||||||||
| 55th 1897-1899 |
George W. Weymouth (R) | Samuel J. Barrows (R) | Charles F. Sprague (R) | William C. Lovering (R) | |||||||||
| George P. Lawrence (R) | William S. Greene (R) | ||||||||||||
| 56th 1899-1901 |
John R. Thayer (D) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | Henry F. Naphen (D) | ||||||||||
| 57th 1901-1903 |
Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Joseph A. Conry (D) | Samuel L. Powers (R) | ||||||||||
| Augustus P. Gardner (R) | |||||||||||||
[edit] 1903-1913: 14 seats
After the 1900 Census, Massachusetts had 14 districts.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| 58th 1903-1905 |
George P. Lawrence (R) | Frederick H. Gillett (R) | John R. Thayer (D) | Charles Q. Tirrell (R) | Butler Ames (R) | Augustus P. Gardner (R) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | Samuel W. McCall (R) | John A. Keliher (D) | William S. McNary (D) | John A. Sullivan (D) | Samuel Leland Powers (R) | William S. Greene (R) | William C. Lovering (R) |
| 59th 1905-1907 |
Rockwood Hoar (R) | John W. Weeks (R) | ||||||||||||
| Charles G. Washburn (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 60th 1907-1909 |
Joseph F. O'Connell (D) | Andrew J. Peters (D) | ||||||||||||
| 61st 1909-1911 |
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| John Joseph Mitchell (D) | Eugene Foss (D) | |||||||||||||
| 62nd 1911-1913 |
John A. Thayer (D) | William H. Wilder (R) | William F. Murray (D) | Robert O. Harris (R) | ||||||||||
[edit] 1913-1933: 16 seats
After the 1910 Census, Massachusetts had 16 districts, running west to east: district 1 in Berkshire County, districts 10, 11, 12 in Boston; and district 16 on Cape Cod.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | |
| 63rd 1913-1915 |
Allen Treadway (R) | Frederick Gillett (R) | William H. Wilder (R) | Samuel E. Winslow (R) | John Jacob Rogers (R) | Augustus P. Gardner (R) | Michael Francis Phelan (D) | Frederick Simpson Deitrick (D) | Ernest W. Roberts (R) | William Francis Murray (D) | Andrew J. Peters (D) | James Michael Curley (D) | John Weeks (R) | Edward Gilmore (D) | William S. Greene (R) | Thomas Chandler Thacher (D) |
| Calvin D. Paige (R) | James A. Gallivan (D) | John J. Mitchell (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 64th 1915-1917 |
Frederick Dallinger (R) | Peter F. Tague (D) | George H. Tinkham (R) | William Henry Carter (R) | Richard Olney (D) | Joseph Walsh (R) | ||||||||||
| 65th 1917-1919 |
Alvan T. Fuller (R) | |||||||||||||||
| Willfred W. Lufkin (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 66th 1919-1921 |
Robert Luce (R) | |||||||||||||||
| John F. Fitzgerald (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 67th 1921-1923 |
Robert S. Maloney (R) | Charles L. Underhill (R) | Peter F. Tague (D) | Louis A. Frothingham (R) | ||||||||||||
| Abram Andrew R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 68th 1923-1925 |
William P. Connery (D) | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Leach (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| 69th 1925-1927 |
George B. Churchill (R) | Frank H. Foss (R) | George R. Stobbs (R) | Harry I. Thayer (R) | John J. Douglass (D) | Joseph Martin (R) | ||||||||||
| Henry L. Bowles (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 70th 1927-1929 |
Frederick Dallinger (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 71st 1929-1931 |
Will Kirk Kaynor (R) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | |||||||||||||
| William J. Granfield (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| 72nd 1931-1933 |
Pehr G. Holmes (R) | |||||||||||||||
[edit] 1933-1943: 15 seats
After the 1930 Census, Massachusetts had 15 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | |
| 73rd 1933-1935 |
Allen T. Treadway (R) | William J. Granfield (D) | Frank Foss (R) | Pehr G. Holmes (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | Abram Andrew (R) | William P. Connery, Jr. (D) | Arthur D. Healey (D) | Robert Luce (R) | George H. Tinkham (R) | John J. Douglass (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Joseph Martin (R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) |
| 74th 1935-1937 |
Joseph E. Casey (D) | Richard M. Russell (D) | John P. Higgins (D) | ||||||||||||
| 75th 1937-1939 |
Charles Clason (R) | George J. Bates (R) | Robert Luce (R) | ||||||||||||
| 76th 1939-1941 |
Lawrence J. Connery (D) | Thomas A. Flaherty (D) | |||||||||||||
| 77th 1941-1943 |
Thomas H. Eliot (D) | ||||||||||||||
[edit] 1943-1963: 14 seats
After the 1940 Census, Massachusetts had 14 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
| 78th 1943-1945 |
Allen Treadway (R) | Charles Clason (R) | Philip Philbin (D) | Pehr G. Holmes (R) | Edith Nourse Rogers (R) | George J. Bates (R) | Thomas J. Lane (D) | Angier L. Goodwin (R) | Charles L. Gifford (R) | Christian Herter (R) | James Michael Curley (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Richard B. Wigglesworth (R) | Joseph Martin (R) |
| 79th 1945-1947 |
John W. Heselton (R) | |||||||||||||
| 80th 1947-1949 |
Harold Donohue (D) | Donald W. Nicholson (R) | John F. Kennedy (D) | |||||||||||
| 81st 1949-1951 |
Foster Furcolo (D) | |||||||||||||
| 82nd 1951-1953 |
William H. Bates (R) | |||||||||||||
| 83rd 1953-1955 |
Edward Boland (D) | Laurence Curtis (R) | Tip O'Neill (D) | |||||||||||
| 84th 1955-1957 |
Torbert H. Macdonald (D) | |||||||||||||
| 85th 1957-1959 |
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| 86th 1959-1961 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Hastings Keith (R) | James Burke (D) | |||||||||||
| 87th 1961-1963 |
F. Bradford Morse (R) | |||||||||||||
[edit] 1963-1983: 12 seats
After the 1960 Census, Massachusetts had 12 seats.
| Congress | District | |||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| 88th 1963-1965 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Edward Boland (D) | Philip Philbin (D) | Harold Donohue (D) | F. Bradford Morse (R) | William H. Bates (R) | Torbert Macdonald (D) | Tip O'Neill (D) | John W. McCormack (D) | Joseph Martin (R) | James Burke (D) | Hastings Keith (R) |
| 89th 1965-1967 |
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| 90th 1967-1969 |
Margaret Heckler (R) | |||||||||||
| 91st 1969-1971 |
Michael J. Harrington (D) | |||||||||||
| 92nd 1971-1973 |
Robert Drinan (D) | Louise Day Hicks (D) | ||||||||||
| 93rd 1973-1975 |
Harold Donohue (D) | Robert Drinan (D) | Paul Cronin (R) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) | |||||||
| 94th 1975-1977 |
Joseph Early (D) | Paul Tsongas (D) | ||||||||||
| 95th 1977-1979 |
Edward Markey (D) | |||||||||||
| 96th 1979-1981 |
James Michael Shannon (D) | Nicholas Mavroules (D) | Brian Donnelly (D) | |||||||||
| 97th 1981-1983 |
Barney Frank (D) | |||||||||||
[edit] 1983-1993: 11 seats
After the 1980 Census, Massachusetts had 11 seats.
| Congress | District | ||||||||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
| 98th 1983-1985 |
Silvio Conte (R) | Edward Boland (D) | Joseph Early (D) | Barney Frank (D) | James Michael Shannon (D) | Nicholas Mavroules (D) | Edward Markey (D) | Tip O'Neill (D) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) | Brian Donnelly (D) |
| 99th 1985-1987 |
Chester Atkins (D) | ||||||||||
| 100th 1987-1989 |
Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) | ||||||||||
| 101st 1989-1991 |
Richard Neal (D) | ||||||||||
| 102nd 1991-1993 |
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| John Olver (D) | |||||||||||
[edit] 1993-present: 10 seats
Since the 1990 Census, Massachusetts has had 10 seats.
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 103rd 1993-1995 |
John Olver (D) | Richard Neal (D) | Peter Blute (R) | Barney Frank (D) | Martin Meehan (D) | Peter Torkildsen (R) | Ed Markey (D) | Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) | Joe Moakley (D) | Gerry Studds (D) |
| 104th 1995-1997 |
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| 105th 1997-1999 |
Jim McGovern (D) | John F. Tierney (D) | William Delahunt (D) | |||||||
| 106th 1999-2001 |
Michael Capuano (D) | |||||||||
| 107th 2001-2003 |
Stephen Lynch (D) | |||||||||
| 108th 2003-2005 |
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| Current: 109th 2005-2007 |
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| 110th 2007-2009 |
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[edit] Key
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This is a key to party colors for U.S. Senators and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives: |
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[edit] Sources
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-920170-5.
- http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/elections.html
| Massachusetts's current delegation to the United States Congress |
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| Senators: Edward Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D)
Representative(s): John Olver (D), Richard Neal (D), Jim McGovern (D), Barney Frank (D), Marty Meehan (D), John F. Tierney (D), Ed Markey (D), Mike Capuano (D), Stephen Lynch (D), Bill Delahunt (D) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Lists of United States congressional delegations (lists of House members, lists of Senators) |
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(Obsolete: Dakota Territory • Northwest Territory • Orleans Territory • Philippines) |
